James Lively

“My view is that it is desirable to be both loved and feared; but it is difficult to achieve both and, if one of them has to be lacking, it is much safer to be feared than loved.”
― Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

“All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.”
― Richard Adams, Watership Down

“In the Koran, the first thing God said to Muhammed was 'Read.”
― Jeanette Winter, The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq

“The horror! The horror!”
― Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness